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ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: variable; boomerang when possible, sometimes slow; EST.
BRACKETS/PROSE: No preference
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Nary a single one, amigos.
PLAYSTYLE: here!
CONTACT:
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: variable; boomerang when possible, sometimes slow; EST.
BRACKETS/PROSE: No preference
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Nary a single one, amigos.
PLAYSTYLE: here!
IN CHARACTER
PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes, he'll be awkward but appreciative. To be honest, he could really use more positive touch in his life.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: He's extremely used to it, yes. He can take a hell of a beating.
RELATIONSHIPS: Romance will be extremely slow burn, due to a 15 year relationship (childhood sweethearts) with a traumatic end; his ex wound up in a coma after a car accident; prior to book 4 she's still alive but has demonstrated no brain activity in over four years. After book 4, shipping becomes much easier, as he spends almost the entirety of the book grieving her loss and coming to terms with her death. OOCly, I'm 100% open to it because I'm ship trash, but I like to let things develop organically rather than preemptively committing to anything. I'm also down for love triangles and polyamorous situations if that's how it goes. Jack has only had one relationship in his life, so his sexuality isn't very well established - I default to bisexual as a general rule.
Platonically, he can be hard to get to know because a) he's awkward as fuck and b) he's crazy as fuck, which generally tends to turn people off. He also comes across as standoffish or like he doesn't care, but that isn't the case, that's just his demeanor. If you can get past all that, he's extremely loyal, and he cares a Lot.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Jack has an interesting brain. He seems to be immune to supernatural influence when it comes to stealing his memories or knocking him unconscious. He's also mildly resistant to influence such as charms and compulsions, but any particularly powerful being can overcome that for a few hours - eg he kept waking up in the middle of digging a hole after being compelled to by the Dark God.
As of Bedside Manor, he has demonstrated very mild precognitive feelings, and seems to have a low level of psychic ability which is enhanced in certain circumstances or around certain individuals. Jerry refers to this as Jack having "The Shining".
As of volume four he has also demonstrated post-cognition / the ability to accidentally experience people's memories, living them first-person as if they were happening to him. He initially does this only under the influence of a metric shitload of drugs, but eventually the more it happens the less substances it seems to take until it just sort of happens now and then at random.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Jack has the ability to occasionally see and speak with the dead. Or he's just crazy. The jury's really out. Jack's hallucinations also occasionally assist him in unexplainable ways, such as the imagined voice of his best friend giving him information on a short area around him he shouldn't know, or the hallucination of Spencer giving him a gun just long enough for him to shoot one bullet, and then both Spencer and his gun disappearing. He seems to hallucinate things into existence in clutch circumstances.
People with magical or enhanced perception may feel something off or impossible about him. Extremely powerful entities might be able to discern that he is a power sponge containing a thousand lifetimes of void rift radiation meant to make him the perfect vessel for a demi-god. He cannot use this energy himself, and is more functionally just a battery that can be tapped into if one is capable of such things.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: He's missing the pinky on his left hand, and his right leg below the knee. He also suffers from a sleep disorder which prior to the end of volume three he believes to be Fatal Familial Insomnia (but is revealed to be something different — spoilers: trauma induced parasomnia, with somnambulism). In any case, he doesn't appear to sleep, like, ever — but the truth is that he's very often in the lightest stage of REM sleep even while interacting with other people or performing daily tasks. As a result of his sleep disorder, he suffers from occasional hallucinations, lost time, confusion, memory loss, and disorientation.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: We Do Not Talk About His Ex Girlfriend. Jk, talk about her it'll get weird.
In terms of triggering or offensive subjects likely to come from Jack's tags, there are many. I'll list a few, and it's safe to assume that anything tangentially related or on the same level as these may be likely:
• Terminal illness
• Suicidal ideation & a history of (one, failed) suicide attempt
• Graphic descriptions of violence including amputation and death
• Mental illness including hallucinations, gaslighting, and deteriorating sanity
• Mentions of alcohol and drugs, both prescription and recreational
• General Spooky Stuff like eldritch horrors and the babadook or whatever
• References to historical child abuse
• References to small-town southern prejudice, not from Jack (who is extremely liberal & open-minded) but regarding Jack's ignorant hometown
• Strong or offensive language, the latter usually not from Jack, but canonically used by characters around him e.g. people frequently calling him various offensive slurs for persons with an intellectual disability. This will likely only come up if a tag quotes canon for some reason.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: He's extremely used to it, yes. He can take a hell of a beating.
RELATIONSHIPS: Romance will be extremely slow burn, due to a 15 year relationship (childhood sweethearts) with a traumatic end; his ex wound up in a coma after a car accident; prior to book 4 she's still alive but has demonstrated no brain activity in over four years. After book 4, shipping becomes much easier, as he spends almost the entirety of the book grieving her loss and coming to terms with her death. OOCly, I'm 100% open to it because I'm ship trash, but I like to let things develop organically rather than preemptively committing to anything. I'm also down for love triangles and polyamorous situations if that's how it goes. Jack has only had one relationship in his life, so his sexuality isn't very well established - I default to bisexual as a general rule.
Platonically, he can be hard to get to know because a) he's awkward as fuck and b) he's crazy as fuck, which generally tends to turn people off. He also comes across as standoffish or like he doesn't care, but that isn't the case, that's just his demeanor. If you can get past all that, he's extremely loyal, and he cares a Lot.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Jack has an interesting brain. He seems to be immune to supernatural influence when it comes to stealing his memories or knocking him unconscious. He's also mildly resistant to influence such as charms and compulsions, but any particularly powerful being can overcome that for a few hours - eg he kept waking up in the middle of digging a hole after being compelled to by the Dark God.
As of Bedside Manor, he has demonstrated very mild precognitive feelings, and seems to have a low level of psychic ability which is enhanced in certain circumstances or around certain individuals. Jerry refers to this as Jack having "The Shining".
As of volume four he has also demonstrated post-cognition / the ability to accidentally experience people's memories, living them first-person as if they were happening to him. He initially does this only under the influence of a metric shitload of drugs, but eventually the more it happens the less substances it seems to take until it just sort of happens now and then at random.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Jack has the ability to occasionally see and speak with the dead. Or he's just crazy. The jury's really out. Jack's hallucinations also occasionally assist him in unexplainable ways, such as the imagined voice of his best friend giving him information on a short area around him he shouldn't know, or the hallucination of Spencer giving him a gun just long enough for him to shoot one bullet, and then both Spencer and his gun disappearing. He seems to hallucinate things into existence in clutch circumstances.
People with magical or enhanced perception may feel something off or impossible about him. Extremely powerful entities might be able to discern that he is a power sponge containing a thousand lifetimes of void rift radiation meant to make him the perfect vessel for a demi-god. He cannot use this energy himself, and is more functionally just a battery that can be tapped into if one is capable of such things.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: He's missing the pinky on his left hand, and his right leg below the knee. He also suffers from a sleep disorder which prior to the end of volume three he believes to be Fatal Familial Insomnia (but is revealed to be something different — spoilers: trauma induced parasomnia, with somnambulism). In any case, he doesn't appear to sleep, like, ever — but the truth is that he's very often in the lightest stage of REM sleep even while interacting with other people or performing daily tasks. As a result of his sleep disorder, he suffers from occasional hallucinations, lost time, confusion, memory loss, and disorientation.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: We Do Not Talk About His Ex Girlfriend. Jk, talk about her it'll get weird.
In terms of triggering or offensive subjects likely to come from Jack's tags, there are many. I'll list a few, and it's safe to assume that anything tangentially related or on the same level as these may be likely:
• Terminal illness
• Suicidal ideation & a history of (one, failed) suicide attempt
• Graphic descriptions of violence including amputation and death
• Mental illness including hallucinations, gaslighting, and deteriorating sanity
• Mentions of alcohol and drugs, both prescription and recreational
• General Spooky Stuff like eldritch horrors and the babadook or whatever
• References to historical child abuse
• References to small-town southern prejudice, not from Jack (who is extremely liberal & open-minded) but regarding Jack's ignorant hometown
• Strong or offensive language, the latter usually not from Jack, but canonically used by characters around him e.g. people frequently calling him various offensive slurs for persons with an intellectual disability. This will likely only come up if a tag quotes canon for some reason.
OUT OF CHARACTER
BACKTAGGING: Yep totes, though I tend to progressively lose motivation as a thread ages if every tag takes quite a bit of time. I tend to have the best chemistry with people I can sync up & boomerang with now and then.
THREADHOPPING: Highly encouraged.
FOURTHWALLING: lol if his canon is something that exists literally anywhere else, by all means
NOT INTERESTED IN: prolonged slice of life or smalltalk without objectives
THREADHOPPING: Highly encouraged.
FOURTHWALLING: lol if his canon is something that exists literally anywhere else, by all means
NOT INTERESTED IN: prolonged slice of life or smalltalk without objectives
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
VISUAL:
• Pale
• Messy black hair in need of a cut
• Smaller stature than average
• Looks younger than he is
• Dark bags under his eyes at all times
• Green eyes
• Resting bitch face
• Prosthetic leg - right, knee down
• Missing finger - smallest, left hand
For his PB, I'm using Jay Baruchel
AURAL: sample; when speaking Jack is generally polite and neutral-sounding. A little monotone, and absurdly cavalier or casual in a way that often doesn't fit the severity of the situation. This changes when he actually feels stressed or desperate for some reason, at which point his voice picks up speed and he occasionally rambles.
OLFACTORY: Jack often smells like coffee as he drinks two to three pots a day. When not in absolutely insane situations, he's got good hygiene, and so will generally smell like cheap deodorant or whatever body wash/soap/shampoo they stock at gas stations because it's right there and he's not really worried about fancy brand name anything.
DEMEANOR: Reserved, unchallenging toward friends, a little standoffish to strangers and acquaintances, a lot fatigued all the time. He puts off the vibe of a polite guy that generally wants to mind his own business. Interestingly, this demeanor would stay the same even if, like, a seven-foot tall demon from beyond the void showed up to have a discussion about the planes of hell or something.
The exception to this arises when he's under extreme duress, or in a desperate situation involving the safety of his friends or his planet. In this case, he can step up and take charge very efficiently. He is also incredibly stubborn, a little petty, and tends to do the opposite of what he's told if he doesn't like the person issuing the order.
• Pale
• Messy black hair in need of a cut
• Smaller stature than average
• Looks younger than he is
• Dark bags under his eyes at all times
• Green eyes
• Resting bitch face
• Prosthetic leg - right, knee down
• Missing finger - smallest, left hand
For his PB, I'm using Jay Baruchel
AURAL: sample; when speaking Jack is generally polite and neutral-sounding. A little monotone, and absurdly cavalier or casual in a way that often doesn't fit the severity of the situation. This changes when he actually feels stressed or desperate for some reason, at which point his voice picks up speed and he occasionally rambles.
OLFACTORY: Jack often smells like coffee as he drinks two to three pots a day. When not in absolutely insane situations, he's got good hygiene, and so will generally smell like cheap deodorant or whatever body wash/soap/shampoo they stock at gas stations because it's right there and he's not really worried about fancy brand name anything.
DEMEANOR: Reserved, unchallenging toward friends, a little standoffish to strangers and acquaintances, a lot fatigued all the time. He puts off the vibe of a polite guy that generally wants to mind his own business. Interestingly, this demeanor would stay the same even if, like, a seven-foot tall demon from beyond the void showed up to have a discussion about the planes of hell or something.
The exception to this arises when he's under extreme duress, or in a desperate situation involving the safety of his friends or his planet. In this case, he can step up and take charge very efficiently. He is also incredibly stubborn, a little petty, and tends to do the opposite of what he's told if he doesn't like the person issuing the order.
☆ code by kimmiserate ☆
𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠